Re: Replace in operators
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- Subject: [mg102935] Re: [mg102869] Replace in operators
- From: "Elton Kurt TeKolste" <tekolste at fastmail.us>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 04:06:03 -0400 (EDT)
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I think you can get all of the derivatives of f and preserve all of the arguments with expression /. {f[x] -> g[x], Derivative[n_][f][z_] -> Derivative[n][g][z] drekt On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:50 -0400, "did" <didier.oslo at hotmail.com> wrote: > I can't figure out how to force Mathematica to replace > f[x] by g[x] in expressions involving operators. > For example: > > f[x] + D[f[x],x] /. f[x] -> g[x] > > f is not replaced in the derivative. I found > somewhere in the manual that the replacement > does not work on operators, but then it does > not indicate how to do it. > > In my real problem, f[x]->g[x] is a (long) > list of complicated transformations resulting > from the resolution of many equations. > Thus, changing f[x]->g[x] by f->g is not > an option. > > f[x] + D[f[x],x] is actually a complicated > expression involving many operators. > > There are no ways I can do the > substitution by hand, bit by bit. > > Any suggestions ? > Thanks > > PS: it may help to precise the context. > I'm trying to solve a system of PDEs by > a small parameter expansion. Solving the > system at order N, I want to re-inject the > results into the equations at order N+1. > Regards, Kurt Tekolste
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- From: did <didier.oslo@hotmail.com>
- Replace in operators